Comparison of model and satellite-derived long-term precipitation databases over the Mediterranean basin: A general overview

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 170-184

  Aznar, R ^a,b   Sotillo, M G ^a   Martin M L ^c   Somot, S ^d   Valero, F ^b  

^a Organismo Público Puertos del Estado ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Hindcast; Mediterranean; Precipitation; Reanalysis; Satellite

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; DERIVED DATA; DERIVED PRODUCTS; HINDCASTS; HIPOCAS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN PRECIPITATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OFFSHORE AREA; PRECIPITATION; REANALYSIS; SENSITIVE AREA; TIME CORRELATIONS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

DATA PROCESSING; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

SATELLITES;

DATA SET; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77953812440     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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